Background
Rodgers, Joe M. was born on November 12, 1933 in Bay Minette, Alabama, United States.
Rodgers, Joe M. was born on November 12, 1933 in Bay Minette, Alabama, United States.
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, University Alabama, 1956.
Chief engineer Burgess, Inc., 1959-1963. Manager sales and production Dixie Concrete Pipe Company, 1963-1966. President, chairman board Rodgers Construction International, 1966-1976.
Proprietor JMR Investments, Nashville, from 1976. Chairman, president American Constructors, Inc., 1979-1985. Finance chairman Republican National Committee, 1979-1981.
Chairman board Cyclic Redundancy Check Equities, Inc., 1980-1985. Commissioner general United States section 1982 World's Fair, 1982. Member President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, 1981-1985.
Finance chairman Reagan-Bush '84 Campaign Committee, 1984, 50th American Presidential Inauguration Committee. United States ambassador to France United States Department State, Paris, 1985—1989. Jennings A. Jones Chair of Excellence in Free Enterprise Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, 1989—1999.
Acting, Chief Executive Officer, chairman Berlitz International Inc., Princeton, New Jersey, 1991.
Board directors James S. Brady Presidential Foundation, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Randolph-Macon Women's College Served to lieutenant United States Coast Guard & Geological Survey, 1956-1958. Member Americans for Responsible Government.
Married Helen Martin, 1956. Children: Jan, Mason.